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Martin Weitzman
Born
Meyer Levinger

(1942-04-01)April 1, 1942
New York City, U.S.
DiedAugust 27, 2019(2019-08-27) (aged 77)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
SpouseJennifer Bäverstam Weitzman
Academic career
InstitutionHarvard University
FieldEnvironmental economics
School or
tradition
Environmental economics
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
Doctoral
advisor
Robert Solow
Doctoral
students
Nat Keohane, Andrew Metrick, Gernot Wagner
AwardsTop 15 Financial Times-McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015 for Climate Shock[1]
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Martin Lawrence Weitzman (April 1, 1942 – August 27, 2019) was an economist and a professor of economics at Harvard University. He was among the most influential economists in the world according to Research Papers in Economics (RePEc). His latest research was largely focused on environmental economics, specifically climate change and the economics of catastrophes.

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